Elderly parents or relatives to care for and/or worry about? This is the place for you.

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geordiegirl 22 Jul 12:56pm, 22 Jul 2024 23,399 posts	0 geordiegirl Panicked for nothing after some help with an IT issue and to also give us a belated anniversary gift. Overactive minds.... That is a lot of surgeries for anyone in a short period of time, hope she rests and recovers ok. Also best wishes for your surgery too.
Little Miss Happy 22 Jul 6:24pm, 22 Jul 2024 7,275 posts	0 Little Miss Happy Best wishes for both of you McG.
Bazoaxe 22 Jul 6:27pm, 22 Jul 2024 27,108 posts	0 Bazoaxe Mil seems to be in good care. As well as whatever checks they are doing she has had the blood transfusion that the lack of a lift was preventing They won’t do the cystoscopy though and that meds rebooked around hospital transport
McGoohan 22 Jul 6:29pm, 22 Jul 2024 54,278 posts	0 McGoohan Thanks all
Mandymoo 22 Jul 7:38pm, 22 Jul 2024 19,398 posts	0 Mandymoo Hope all ok McG
Lizzie W 22 Jul 7:55pm, 22 Jul 2024 28,664 posts	0 Lizzie W Thinking of you all. A year after mum was having investigations we're back with similar symptoms. Off to the Emergency Unit tomorrow to sit around for 6 hours hoping a surgeon can have a wee look.
LindsD 22 Jul 10:18pm, 22 Jul 2024 68,960 posts	0 LindsD Oh no Lizzie
Bazoaxe 23 Jul 5:22am, 23 Jul 2024 27,110 posts	0 Bazoaxe BiL to be fair gave a pretty good update last night and has been to hospital twice.
Little Miss Happy 23 Jul 6:37am, 23 Jul 2024 7,276 posts	0 Little Miss Happy I hope your day isn't too stressful Lizzie. Good to hear that BiL is being reasonable Baz. Hope that's helped Mrs Baz to relax a little.
Mandymoo 23 Jul 7:20am, 23 Jul 2024 19,400 posts	0 Mandymoo Hope today isn't too bad Lizzie Good to hear Baz Would have been mums birthday today 💔

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I thought I'd start a thread, as lots of us have elderly folks that we worry about/care for.

Useful info for after someone dies here (with thanks to grast_girl)
moneysavingexpert.com

Other useful links

myageingparent.com

moneysavingexpert.com

Who pays for residential care? Information here:

ageuk.org.uk

Advice on care homes and payment/funding

theguardian.com

Also: After someone dies, if their home insurance was only in their name, sadly the cover becomes void. But if the policy was in joint names, it will still cover the surviving policyholder (though the names on the policy will need to be updated).

A useful book of exercises for memory loss and dementia
amazon.co.uk

Pension Credit. The rules are a bit complex but if your elderly relative has some sort of disability (in this case dementia/Alzheimer's) and go into a home, they may be able to claim pension credit. So if carers allowance stops, it seems pension credit can start. It can also be backdated.

Fall alarm company, etc.

careium.co.uk

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Alarm company

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